Dublin Dr Pepper's Last Day

The last cases of Dublin Dr Pepper were sold from Old Doc's Soda Shop in Dublin on Thursday. Folks traveled from across the state to grab one of the 234 cases available, after a lawsuit settlement forced the Dublin-based bottling company to stop producing the famous beverage.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News Michael and Deanna Marshall enjoy a Frosty Pepper with their 1-year-old son Braydon beneath a recently redacted sign inside Old Doc's Soda Shop on Thursday afternoon. A store employee had to use red duct tape to mask out the name Dublin and the phrase "Since 1891" on the logo before the start of business Thursday.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News After picking up a case of Dublin Dr Pepper, Michael Marshall shares a Frosty Pepper - a milkshake made with Dublin Dr Pepper syrup - with his son Braydon at Old Doc's Soda Shop on Thursday.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News A crowd fills Old Doc's Soda Shop in Dublin on Thursday afternoon, lining up to purchase a case of Dublin Dr Pepper. As a result of a lawsuit settlement, the Dublin-based bottling company - which had produced the cane-sugar sweetened beverage since 1891 - was forced to stop producing its signature beverage at 5 p.m. the day before. The store was allowed to sell its three remaining pallets, or 234 cases, of the drink.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News Annabell Sanchez, an Old Doc's Soda Shop employee, holds the last case of Dublin Dr Pepper ever to be to sold from the store on Thursday, Jan. 12.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News After selling the remaining 234 cases of Dublin Dr Pepper, employees of Old Doc's Soda Shop hung this sign on the door.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News Jeff Armstrong, a soda jerk at Old Doc's Soda Shop, scoops ice cream to make a Frosty Pepper - a popular milkshake made with Dublin Dr Pepper syrup - for a customer on Thursday afternoon.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News Jerry Romo, from Fort Worth, loads a case of Dublin Dr Pepper into his car Thursday afternoon. Romo said he might trade some of his haul with his cousin - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo - but only in exchange for Cowboys tickets.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News A Texas Historical Commission historical marker stands outside the Dublin Bottling Works - known as the Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company until Wednesday - relating the past of the oldest Dr Pepper bottler in the world.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News Jeff Kloster, vice president and co-owner of Dublin Bottling Works, fights back tears while speaking with media members Thursday afternoon. "It was hard watching all the signs that say Dublin on them being cut down today," he said. The bottling company has been producing Dublin Dr Pepper since 1891. Kloster's grandfather, Bill Kloster, started working at the plant as a bottle washer and later inherited the company from the founder, Sam Houston Prim.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News Jeff Kloster, vice president and co-owner of the Dublin Bottling Works, which until Wednesday produced the world-famous Dublin Dr Pepper.

Greg Kendall-Ball/Reporter-News While most signage bearing the name Dublin was removed Wednesday night, this large sign declaring Dublin as Dr Pepper, Texas remained Thursday afternoon in downtown Dublin.